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though, perhaps, not more beautiful, 

 would have a new and more dressed "ap- 

 pearance ! Many of the choice Ameri- 

 can plants of low growth, and which love 

 shade, such as kalincas, and rhododen- 

 drons, by having the mould they most de- 

 light in placed to the north, on that sort 

 of shelf which is often seen between a- 

 lower and an upper ledge of rocks, would 

 be as likely to flourish as in a garden : 

 and it may here be remarked, that when 

 plants are placed in new situations with 

 new accompaniments, half hanging over 

 one mass of stone, and backed by an- 

 other, or by a mixture of rock, soil, and 

 wild vegetation, they assume so new a 

 character, such a novelty and Vjrilliancy 

 in their appearance, as can hardly be con- 

 ceived by those who only see them in a 

 shrubbery, or a botanical garden. In 

 warmer aspects, especially in the more 

 southern parts of England, bignonias, pas- 

 sion-flowers, &c. mi"ht often i^row luxu- 

 riantly amidst similar accompaniments ; 

 these we have always seen nailed against 



